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Options for managing severe aortic stenosis: A case-based reviewToday, patients who cannot undergo surgery can be offered a variety of less invasive treatments. We use seven cases to illustrate how to manage these patients.
- A rapidly growing crusted nodule on the lip
The patient, who had a squamous cell carcinoma, underwent Mohs surgery and has done well.
- Bone mineral density testing: Is a T score enough to determine the screening interval?
Although a trial found that women with normal or only slightly low results need not come back for another 15 years, it may not be so simple.
- Implications of a prominent R wave in V1
A 19-year-old woman presents with exertional dyspnea. What can her electrocardiogram tell us?
- Aortic valve replacement: Options, improvements, and costs
How aortic valve disease is managed continues to evolve. Issues include outcomes and costs.
- Sore throat, odynophagia, hoarseness, and a muffled, high-pitched voice
When this patient presents to the emergency department, what does his radiograph show?
- Cervical cancer screening: What’s new and what’s coming?
In their 2012 guidelines, several organizations call for less-frequent but more-effective screening that incorporates testing for human papillomavirus.
- Introducing two new deputy editors
Women’s health expert Pelin Batur, MD and hospitalist James Pile, MD join the Journal staff, replacing Tim Gilligan, MD.
- Frailty in older adults: Implications for end-of-life care
By recognizing and measuring frailty, clinicians can better engage patients and their loved ones in difficult discussions about prognoses and plans, and can ultimately give better palliative care.